’Yan Najeriya sun kashe sama da Naira biliyan 50 wajen neman visa zuwa Amurka tsakanin shekarar 2023 zuwa 2024, duk da raguwar amincewa da buƙatun sakamakon ƙarin tsauraran dokokin shige da fice da Washington ta ƙara.
Binciken Intelpoint ta amfani da bayanan Ma’aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ya nuna cewa an ba ’yan Najeriya visa na wucin gadi 201,200 a wannan lokaci. Idan aka yi la’akari da kuɗin neman visa na dala 185 ga kowane mutum, jimillar kuɗin da aka kashe ya kai kusan dala miliyan 37.2, wato kimanin Naira biliyan 50.7 idan aka yi amfani da matsakaicin canjin Naira 1,360 kan kowace dala.
Rahoton ya nuna cewa an samu raguwar amincewa da visa da kashi 23 cikin ɗari, daga 113,900 a 2023 zuwa 87,300 a 2024. Visa na kasuwanci da yawon buɗe ido (B1/B2) ne suka fi yawa, inda suka kai kashi 83 cikin ɗari, yayin da na ɗalibai (F1) suka kai kusan kashi 7 cikin ɗari.
Tsohuwar shugabar NANTA, Susan Akporiaye, ta ce ’yan Najeriya na da ƙaunar tafiya ƙasashen waje, tana mai cewa suna kama da Sinawa a Afirka wajen yawan tafiya. Ta ce yawancin masu tafiya kan dawo gida, inda ƙasa da kashi 10 cikin ɗari ke zama waje na dindindin.
Bayan dawowar Donald Trump a Fadar White House a 2025, an ƙara tsaurara dokokin visa, inda a watan Yulin 2025 aka takaita yawancin visa zuwa shigar lokaci guda mai tsawon watanni uku. A watan Agusta kuma, an fara buƙatar masu nema su bayyana tarihin shafukan sada zumunta na shekaru biyar.
Wata mai kula da harkokin tafiye-tafiye, Maureen Chimaobi, ta ce samun visa na Amurka ya ƙara wahala sosai, musamman ga masu nema na farko, inda ta ce yana kusa da zama abin da ba zai yiwu ba. Ta ƙara da cewa yawan ƙin visa na ci gaba da kasancewa mai yawa.
Sabbin matakan sun sa mutane da dama karkata zuwa wasu ƙasashe kamar Birtaniya, Faransa da ƙasashen Schengen, duk da cewa su ma sun fara tsaurara sharuɗɗa.
Duk da haka, ’yan Najeriya na ci gaba da kashe kuɗi mai yawa wajen neman visa, abin da ke nuna ƙaƙƙarfan buƙatar tafiye-tafiye da motsi a tsakanin matakai daban-daban na al’umma.
